ENTE NAZIONALE PER L'ENERGIA ELECTTRICA v. BALIWAG NAV., INC.

Nos. 84-1996(L), 84-1997 to 84-1999 and 84-2001.

774 F.2d 648 (1985)

ENTE NAZIONALE PER L'ENERGIA ELECTTRICA, Plaintiff, v. BALIWAG NAVIGATION, INC. and Wheelock Marine Services, Ltd., Defendants, and REX SHIPPING COMPANY S.A. OF PANAMA in personam and M/V KUNIANG, her engines, tackle, and apparel, etc., in rem, Appellees, v. CRAVAT COAL COMPANY, Third Party Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff, v. BALIWAG NAVIGATION, INC., Wheelock Marine Services, Ltd., Almare Societa di Navigazione S.P.A., Cooper Stevedoring Company, Inc., Third Party Defendants, and Alla-Ohio Valley Coals, Inc., Appellant. ENTE NAZIONALE PER L'ENERGIA ELECTTRICA, Plaintiff, v. BALIWAG NAVIGATION, INC. and Wheelock Marine Services, Ltd., Defendants, and REX SHIPPING COMPANY S.A. OF PANAMA in personam and M/V KUNIANG, her engines, tackle, and apparel, etc., in rem, Appellees, v. CRAVAT COAL COMPANY, Appellant, v. BALIWAG NAVIGATION, INC., Wheelock Marine Services, Ltd., Almare Societa di Navigazione S.P.A., Cooper Stevedoring Company, Inc., and Alla-Ohio Valley Coals, Inc., Third Party Defendants. ENTE NAZIONALE PER L'ENERGIA ELECTTRICA, Plaintiff, v. BALIWAG NAVIGATION, INC. and Wheelock Marine Services, Ltd., Defendants, and REX SHIPPING COMPANY S.A. OF PANAMA in personam and M/V KUNIANG, her engines, tackle, and apparel, etc., in rem, Defendants and Third Party Plaintiffs, v. CRAVAT COAL COMPANY, Appellee, v. BALIWAG NAVIGATION, INC., Wheelock Marine Services, Ltd., Almare Societa di Navigazione, S.P.A., Third Party Defendants, Cooper Stevedoring Company, Inc., Appellant, and Alla-Ohio Valley Coals, Inc., Appellee. ENTE NAZIONALE PER L'ENERGIA ELECTTRICA, Plaintiff, v. BALIWAG NAVIGATION, INC. and Wheelock Marine Services, Ltd., Defendants, and REX SHIPPING COMPANY S.A. OF PANAMA, in personam, and M/V KUNIANG, her engines, tackle, and apparel, etc., in rem, Defendants and Third Party Plaintiffs, v. CRAVAT COAL COMPANY, Appellant, v. BALIWAG NAVIGATION, INC., Wheelock Marine Services, Ltd., Almare Societa di Navigazione S.P.A., Cooper Stevedoring Company, Inc., Third Party Defendants, and Alla-Ohio Valley Coals, Inc., Appellee. ENTE NAZIONALE PER L'ENERGIA ELECTTRICA, Plaintiff, v. BALIWAG NAVIGATION, INC. and Wheelock Marine Services, Ltd., Defendants, and REX SHIPPING COMPANY S.A. OF PANAMA, in personam, and M/V KUNIANG, her engines, tackle, and apparel, etc., in rem, Defendants and Third Party Plaintiffs, v. CRAVAT COAL COMPANY, Appellee, v. BALIWAG NAVIGATION, INC., Wheelock Marine Services, Ltd., Almare Societa di Navigazione S.P.A., Cooper Stevedoring Company, Inc., Third Party Defendants, and Alla-Ohio Valley Coals, Inc., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory N. Stillman, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, Va., for Cravat Coal Co.

Daniel R. Warman, John Y. Richardson, Jr., Williams, Worrell, Kelly & Greer, P.C., Norfolk, Va., for Alla-Ohio Valley Coals, Inc.

R. Arthur Jett, Jr., Jett, Agelasto, Berkley, Furr & Price, Norfolk, Va., for Cooper Stevedoring Co., Inc.

Carter T. Gunn, Hugh Meredith, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., for Rex Shipping Co.

Before HALL and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges and KNAPP, United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 5, 1985.

CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

The original plaintiff, Ente Nazionale Per L'Energia Electtrica (ENEL), an Italian power company, brought an action in admiralty against the original defendant and third-party plaintiff, Rex Shipping Company S.A. of Panama (Rex), for Rex's failure to deliver a cargo of steam coal to ENEL. The coal shipment never arrived in Italy because the ship carrying the steam coal, the

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